diff --git a/web/validator-check-logos.php b/web/validator-check-logos.php
index 0300b5409f95347a86104bc6590be7f18b2503cb..058323755f106543ef5a0fde0c508bc44aa9522f 100644
--- a/web/validator-check-logos.php
+++ b/web/validator-check-logos.php
@@ -104,15 +104,30 @@ foreach ($_POST as $k=>$v) {
        } else {
          $result[] = 'OKLOCAL';
        }
+       $skipcheck = false;
        if ($suffix == 'svg') {
-         $xmlget = simplexml_load_string($imageData);
-         $xmlattributes = $xmlget->attributes();
+         try {
+           $xmlget = simplexml_load_string($imageData);
+           if ($xmlget !== false) {
+             $xmlattributes = $xmlget->attributes();
+           } else {
+             $result[] = "ERROR: not SVG image";
+             $xmlattributes = NULL;
+             $skipcheck = true;
+           }
+         } catch (Exception $e) {
+           $result[] = "ERROR: not SVG image";
+           $skipcheck = true;
+         }
+         if ($xmlattributes) {
          $width = $xmlattributes->width;
          $height = $xmlattributes->height;
-         $size = array($width, $hight);
+         $size = array($width, $height);
+         }
        } else {
          $size = getimagesize($fileName);
        }
+       if (!$skipcheck) {
        if ($size === false && !preg_match('/\.svg$/i', $limg)) {
          $result[] = "ERROR: The downloaded logo does not seem to be a PNG, JPG, GIF, SVG or a generally accepted image file format. Therefore, it most probably will not be displayed by web browsers.";
        }
@@ -132,6 +147,7 @@ foreach ($_POST as $k=>$v) {
        if ($width && $height && isset($size[0]) && isset($size[1]) && round(10*$width/$height) != round(10*$size[0]/$size[1])) {
          $result[] = "WARNING: Mismatching proportions (".$width.'px:'.$height."px=".round($width/$height,1)." in metadata vs ".$size[0].'px:'.$size[1].'px='.round($size[0]/$size[1],1)." actual). The logo will be displayed distorted by Discovery Services and Service Providers.";
        }
+       }
        $res = array('result' => '', 'url' => '');
        if ($remote != '') {
          $res['url'] = $remote;